Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
Chapter 688: Erlendara’s Reinforcements
After the operation was over, Xi Wei did not leave immediately with Loli and Ruo Yi.
Psychology has proven that criminals have a habit of staying at the scene of the crime to observe after committing it.
Xi Wei didn’t know which great psychologist said this, but he was sure that this great psychologist was right!
Now, he and Loli and Ruo Yi continued to stay in the private room on the second floor of the tavern, waiting for things to develop.
“Boom—!!” A deafening roar came from the direction of the city wall.
The entire Erlendara trembled violently.
Xi Wei knew that the Orc King had seized the opportunity and was attacking the city.
The Giant Golem on the city wall and the soldiers on the wall could still hold on for a while.
The second floor of the tavern had a good view of the plaza. At this moment, the red-robed mage who looked like the City Lord was setting up a teleportation array with a group of black-robed mages.
Recruiting help from the South Continent was a very easy matter. The magic support provided by the Magic Net not only benefited every mage but also magical constructs like teleportation arrays. In the South Continent, teleportation gates built with the same unit of materials were more stable than in the North Continent, with longer teleportation distances and a greater number of teleported people.
The red-robed mage named Blitz took out five grinding-wheel-sized spell array cores from his Space Ring, clearly intending to set up an ultra-large teleportation spell array.
“Master, when do we leave?”
Loli gave Xi Wei a grape and asked softly.
“No rush. Once Erlendara’s reinforcements arrive and we confirm it’s Kalun’s main legion, we can retreat. Then, we’ll head directly to Kalun City. I want to plant the Foreigners’ Regeneration Crystal directly in the Kalun Royal Palace Plaza!”
A cold smile appeared on Xi Wei’s lips.
…
In Erlendara’s plaza.
As the mages were building the magic circuits of the teleportation array, Blitz was also contacting the Kalun royal family using a communication crystal.
“Buzz—!!”
As the magic swept out, a magic mirror made of magic elements appeared before them.
A dim room materialized in the mirror, but from the surrounding decorations and furniture, it could be seen that the owner of the room was either rich or noble.
Soon, the face of a gloomy middle-aged man appeared in the mirror.
This was the King of Kalun, a Legendary-grade mage.
Blitz had met the King before, but compared to the King with a hearty smile in his memory, the current King had changed drastically over the past week.
Look at the person in the magic mirror.
His eyes were dull, like a pool of foul-smelling stagnant water, unable to stir even a ripple in a strong wind.
His cheeks were pale, like a corpse dug up from a grave, in a state between decay and undevelopment.
His face looked like it had been coated in oil, shining even in the dim indoor light.
It didn’t seem like human skin anymore; it was more fitting to call it the skin of a cold-blooded animal.
For example, octopuses, frogs, snakes…
In short, every time Blitz saw the King named Suvenas in the past three months, these creatures that usually appeared on the dining table would come to his mind.
“Blitz, what is it?”
Suvenas’s voice was hoarse and low, his lips moving stiffly.
Blitz even saw the King’s eyes peel open a semi-transparent film like a crocodile’s.
He was completely unaware of what had happened in the Royal Capital, and his wife and children had always told him that everything was fine there.
But he now deeply suspected it, especially when conversing with members of the Truth Council.
“Your Majesty, Erlendara is under attack by orcs. We could have resisted successfully, but there was a powerful expert with time divinity helping the orcs. Erlendara’s warehouse supplies have all been emptied, and the city defense shield has been broken. The 108 Archmages maintaining the shield have all died. Erlendara cannot be held any longer. We need your reinforcements.”
Although the King in the magic mirror looked very strange, he was still Erlendara’s straw of hope. Blitz had no choice but to beg.
He had originally thought that saying these words would make the impatient King fly into a rage and curse his ancestors.
However, the King was terrifyingly calm, and didn’t say a word for a long time.
Until Blitz cautiously looked up with doubt.
“I understand,” Suvenas said expressionlessly, his voice like the rain on a winter night flowing down Blitz’s collar, causing Blitz to shiver involuntarily.
“How many reinforcements do you need? Is the Royal main legion enough?”
The voice from the magic mirror was cold, but it warmed Blitz’s heart.
Although His Majesty had become not quite human or ghost since worshipping the Truth, he still cared about the safety of the border.
This time, he was actually willing to send the Royal main legion!
Blitz was moved.
How could he be so valued by His Majesty the King?
“Then it’s decided,” Suvenas said naturally when Blitz didn’t reply.
“Oh, and prepare an empty space in advance,” he added.
“Ah?” Blitz was stunned, not understanding.
“After the reinforcements arrive, they will also establish a Temple of Truth in Erlendara. You will have to lead the residents of your territory to visit it. This matter is very important.”
The King’s voice was rarely serious, with a slight fluctuation in tone.
“Yes, yes, Your Majesty…”
The communication was cut off.
Blitz stared at the empty magic mirror for a moment.
Why did His Majesty have to believe in the Truth? Didn’t Kalun always believe in the God of Knowledge?
Now, spreading the faith of the Truth in the Royal Capital was not enough; they had to spread it in the border regions now.
He couldn’t understand and vaguely felt a sense of dread.
But he couldn’t refuse this matter, nor did he have the authority to.
The entire Kalun belonged to the King. Where the King said to build a temple, there would be a temple.
As a mere City Lord, he only had the right to know, not the right to suggest.
“Execute the order. Just secure Erlendara,”
Blitz comforted himself in his heart.
At this time, he still hadn’t realized the seriousness of the matter.
…
The reinforcements from Kalun Royal City arrived quickly.
By ten o’clock in the morning, under the leadership of a Legendary-grade Hell Three-Headed Dog, the demon allied forces had already dismantled all the Giant Golems.
At the same time, the orcs’ and demons’ suicidal attacks finally achieved significant results.
The west city wall had a gap about a hundred meters wide. This gap was no longer enough for the defenders within Erlendara to form an impenetrable defense.
A large number of mages and knights formed a human wall, struggling to hold the gap.
However, the collapse of the defending line was only a matter of time.
When the Legendary-grade Hell Three-Headed Dog finished its corrections and led the demons and orcs towards the gap, people finally felt despair.
At eleven-fifteen.
The teleportation array in the plaza lit up with a silver-white light.
Simonnet, the commander of the Kalun Royal main legion and a Legendary-grade mage, stepped out of the array.
The crocodile-like membrane peeled back with a creak, and his inhuman eyes scanned his surroundings, filled only with greed and indifference towards new life.
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